Chapter 143: Xu Dalang
Cheng Xi looked at Xu Sanlang, the eldest brother who was still worried about before leaving.
A handsome young man in his twenties, with dark skin, probably because he had been working in the fields all year round, he only looked a little sickly thin, which made Cheng Xi frown slightly.
Cheng Xi remembered the Xu Saburo he saw when he first came here, when he was in the Xu family, he was tortured, he couldn't eat enough and didn't have enough clothes, but he still looked five big and three thick, how did this person toss himself like this?
Xu Dalang also felt Cheng Xi's scrutinizing gaze, looked at the thirteen or fourteen-year-old delicate-looking woman beside Xu Lan, and asked suspiciously, "Who is this?" ”
Without waiting for others to introduce him, Cheng Xi greeted with a smile, "Big brother, my name is Cheng Xi, and I am San Lang's daughter-in-law." ”
Hearing that it was San Lang's daughter-in-law, Xu Dalang said very happily, "I heard that San Lang married his daughter-in-law before, but unfortunately I didn't have a chance to go back and see, San Lang is really a blessing, come into the house and sit." ”
Cheng Xi followed into the house, and also chattered, "San Lang still talked to me when he left last year, saying that he was going to see the eldest brother, but he was always stumped by some big and small things and didn't have a chance to come, and now we have moved to Lihua Village, and we are not so far away in the future, so we can finally move around often." ”
As soon as Cheng Xi's words came out, not only Xu Dalang was surprised, but also Xu Wenqiang and Ma's were shocked, Xu Wenqiang turned his head to look at Cheng Xi, "You moved to Lihua Village?" Xu Saburo is back? ”
Cheng Xi shook his head, "Xu Sanlang didn't come back, I bought a grange in partnership with Yu Gongzi, and I lived more comfortably than in the county, so I moved over." ”
Ma Shi said disapprovingly, "How good it is to live in this county, why do you still want to run to these remote villages?" ”
Cheng Xi responded with a smile, "I prefer the countryside, the scenery is good, and the land is quite comfortable." ”
Xu Dalang looked at a few people always standing at the door talking, and hurriedly greeted, "Don't always stand at the door, come into the house and sit, Mom, you go boil some boiling water to make tea." ”
Cheng Xi hurriedly shook his head, "Don't be busy on this hot day, just cool the boiled water." ”
After that, the group sat down around the table in the main room, Cheng Xi looked at the room, the dilapidated earthen embryo room, there was no door in the ear room on the left and right, only a shabby door curtain, and the house was even more simple and abnormal, there were not many things, let alone anything valuable.
Looking at such a house, Cheng Xi couldn't help but sigh in his heart, he was really poor enough!
Xu Dalang looked at Cheng Xi and looked at his house, and replied embarrassedly, "The family is poor, which makes my younger brothers and sisters smile." ”
Cheng Xi really didn't know how to answer, he couldn't say that he was poor, no matter how he looked at it, he was poor, but he couldn't say to others, "Yes, it's quite poor", so he only smiled awkwardly.
At this time, there was a coughing sound in the room, Cheng Xi looked at the left ear room in confusion, Xu Dalang opened his mouth and said, "Your sister-in-law is sick, I can't get up to see you, I'll go first to see." ”
As he spoke, he stood up and prepared to go over, Cheng Xi hurriedly got up, "I'll also go see my sister-in-law." ”
Ma Shi stopped, "The people in the house are very sick, so don't go in." ”
Cheng Xi shook his head, "It's okay, I'll go in and take a look." ”
was just about to go over, but he was pulled by Ma's and whispered in a very low voice, "Your sister-in-law has a miscarriage, and you female dolls who haven't given birth to children can't go in, it's unlucky." ”
Cheng Xi paused, and finally sat back, although he didn't think there was anything, but in the end, there was this taboo here, and he couldn't force it back.
After sitting back, Cheng Xi frowned slightly and asked, "What's the matter?" ”
Ma sighed and said very sadly, "Since that miscarriage, your sister-in-law's body has been injured, plus, hey, I can't help but work, even if I am pregnant, I always slip the tire." ”
Ma didn't want to say it clearly, Cheng Xi could also guess a rough idea, in the end, it was because he was too poor, thinking that Xu Sanlang's only person close to the Xu family was probably Xu Dalang, seeing that he was living like this now, Cheng Xi couldn't ignore it, thinking that he still had to find an opportunity to help.
And their family, except for Xu Wenqiang, is actually quite good.
Since he was going to help, Cheng Xi began to inquire about their situation, "Big brother has land here?" ”
Xu Wenqiang responded, "There is a piece of land, but it is almost the same as nothing, the fields in this place can't produce any food, I still expect to take us over to enjoy the blessings, but we still have to raise them, three days and two ends of the medicine, the food is not enough to eat, this day is really unbearable, we might as well go back to Shiqiao Village." ”
Suddenly thinking that his daughter was still staying by Yu Gongzi's side in the county seat, Xu Wenqiang's eyes lit up and looked at Xu Lan, "Lan girl, how about you stay by Yu Gongzi's side in the county seat?" You see that I can't stay here with your mother, why don't you talk to Yu Gongzi and take me and your mother to the county seat? ”
Xu Lan frowned slightly, and responded, "Young Master Yu sent me to Pear Flower Village to take care of the Grange in Pear Flower Village with the third sister-in-law." ”
Xu Wenqiang stared at Xu Lan with wide eyes, "What, you also came to Pear Flower Village?" How long have you been following Yu Gongzi? was actually assigned to a place like Ewha Village? ”
Ma Shi glared at Xu Wenqiang, "What nonsense are you talking about?" Lan Yatou is doing things in a proper manner on Yu Gongzi's side, and she didn't follow Yu Gongzi, besides, you think that your daughter follows others without a name or a point? ”
Xu Wenqiang said indignantly, "Don't you know what you earn if you don't have a name?" It's all useless stuff. ”
Ma was also angry by Xu Wenqiang's words, and said angrily, "Everyone is useless, you use what you eat, whose use is it?" It's not Lan Yatou who earned it, you have the ability to earn it yourself, or you can go back to your Xu family to find your mother, hello fourth brother, don't scold and scream here all day long. ”
Xu Wenqiang was annoyed and embarrassed by Ma's scolding, stood up and reprimanded, "You stinky woman, are you looking for a cigarette?" ”
Cheng Xi looked at Xu Wenqiang coldly, "What do you want to do, uncle?" ”
At this time, Xu Dalang, who heard the movement in the house, also came out, looked at the tense father and mother, and hurriedly asked, "What's the matter?" Why did you quarrel so much? ”
Xu Wenqiang glared at Xu Dalang, but because Cheng Xi was there, he still didn't make a move, and sat down in the original position, thinking only about the current situation, the original plan was in vain, but there was no good face on his face.
Cheng Xi sighed in his heart, and finally said, "We bought an orchard and a grange in Lihua Village, and the grange is handed over to the tenants to take care of, I don't think the land in this village can grow any food, why don't you all go to Lihua Village and help manage the grange." ”
Xu Wenqiang's eyes lit up when he heard this, and he hurriedly asked, "How big is the grange?" ”
Cheng Xi responded, "It's not big, more than 100 acres of land." ”
Without waiting for Xu Dalang to respond, Xu Wenqiang opened his mouth and responded, "The others may not work, but we are the best at farming, you can rest assured, the grange will be handed over to us, and it will definitely be properly managed." ”
Xu Dalang said with some hesitation, "Didn't you say that you bought it in partnership with that Yu Gongzi?" Do you want to discuss it with Yu Gongzi? ”
Cheng Xi responded with a smile, "Yu Gongzi has been handed over to me and Xu Lan to take care of it, so you can ask Xu Lan if she agrees." ”
Xu Dalang looked at Xu Lan suspiciously, "Really? ”
Of course, Xu Lan knew that Cheng Xi was completely able to call the shots in this matter, and she was actually sent here by Yu Gongzi's side, and the maid Yue'er was always on guard against her, so she took the opportunity to let her follow her to Lihua Village, so she nodded and responded, "Really, you guys just go over." ”
Seeing her eldest brother live like this, Xu Lan felt very uncomfortable, knowing that Cheng Xi wanted to pull the eldest brother, of course Xu Lan also hoped that the eldest brother and their life would be better in the future.
Xu Wenqiang said very happily, "That's it, let's clean up, sell the land and house here, and move over as soon as possible." ”
Xu Dalang frowned and said, "How can this work, we used to help manage it, and we will come back here in the future, how can we sell a low-heel house, and this land and house belong to my daughter-in-law." ”
Xu Wenqiang pursed his mouth, "Just her sick appearance......"
Looking at Ma Shi on the other side, he was glaring again, and it was rare that Xu Wenqiang didn't say anything and closed his mouth.
Cheng Xi opened his mouth and said, "Sell it, I'll come all the way, and I see that this village is really not very good, and when I go over there, the conditions are a little better, and then I can buy a better piece of land again." ”
Ma Shi also agreed, "Just listen to Xi'er, if you can leave here, it's better to buy land anywhere than here, you can't grow anything here, and you can live if you stay here all the time." ”
Xu Dalang saw that everyone said this, so he had to respond, "Okay." ”
Cheng Xi saw that Xu Dalang responded, so he said, "Then you pack up early, go over early, and if you want too many things, go to Lihua Village to inform us, we have ox carts, come and pull them directly." ”
Ma Shi responded, "Let's wait for the autumn harvest here before going over, although I can't collect much grain, but I've been busy for more than half a year, and Dalang's daughter-in-law, I'm afraid I will have to raise it for a while." ”
Cheng Xi thought that the Grange he bought was originally his own plan, and the main thing was not to grow grain, so he nodded, "It's okay, you can move over after the autumn harvest." ”
Xu Wenqiang didn't want to stay in this village at all, and said, "I'll go over first, anyway, you guys are busy working here at this point, and you still have to have your own people watching the grange, San Lang's daughter-in-law, you say yes?" ”
Cheng Xi had to nod, "Okay, Uncle can go over whenever he wants." ”
After that, Cheng Xi and the others stayed here for lunch, Cheng Xi originally wanted to go into the house to see this sister-in-law, but Ma didn't let him, saying that it was unlucky, and Cheng Xi had to give up.
After that, Cheng Xi found an opportunity to secretly give Xu Lan five taels of silver, and asked Xu Lan to give Ma in her own name, and asked Ma to buy medicine for her sister-in-law to recuperate.